Foot-power motor



(No Model.)

V. O. ROUTZAHN.

FOOT POWER MOTOR. No. 582,234. Patented May 11, 1897.

UNIT D STATES VENIAH O. ROUTZAHN, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

FOOT-POWER M 0T0 R.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 582,234, dated May 11,1897.

Application filed May 7,1896 Serial No. 590,618- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VENIAH O. ROUTZAHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Power Motors; and Ido declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same,- reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to foot-power motors for running c0ifee-mills andfor other like purposes; and its object is to providean improvedconstruction of the same which shall possess superior advantages withrespect to efficiency in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of afoot-power motor constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 isa plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation showing the upperand lower levers and clutch and adjusting device.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a metal frame,which may be of any suitable design, while B indicates standards at eachside thereof, secured to or forming part of the same. These standardsare provided with box-bearings O, in which is journaled a shaft E, towhich is secured a wheel D. Pivoted or journaled on the shaft E are twoV-shaped levers A, one on each side of the wheel D, the vertical arms Oof these levers being shorter than the other arms D. p

The letter F designates two clutch-levers pivoted to levers A at theouter end of the arm D. Upon the inner side of these levers F are castlugs H and I, the lug H resting upon the face of theoutwardly-projecting ring-flanges J, secured to the sides of thedriver-wheel D. The lug I may be cast solid with the levers F or may bean adjustable plug placed within a socket secured to said levers, asseen in Fig. 3, and impinges against the inner surface of thering-flange. The outer ends of the levers D are formed with slots K andset-screw L, the object of which is to adjust the clutch-levers F.Connected with said levers F are rods N, which in turn are connectedwith foot-levers or treadles M, pivoted to depending brackets O of theframe 1.

. The operation will be readily understood. As the operator depressesone of the foot-levers the lever F, connected therewith, will becorrespondingly moved, and the lugs H and I, engaging with thering-flange secured to the driver-wheel, Will cause the latter to berotated-that is to say, when one of the treadles M is depressed thelevers A and F will be correspondingly depressed with the the flange J,causing it to be correspondingly moved and the wheel rotated. At thesame time the other treadle will rise, when the lugs ,H and I will slipor move on the other flange J and be ready to clamp and rotate theflange when the other treadle is depressed. The levers F are so arrangedthat while one is being depressed the other is being elevated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is In afoot-power motor, the combination with the shaft, the drive-wheel fixedthereto, and the concentric outwardly-extending flanges on each sidethereof, of the angle-levers journaled on said shaft, comprising theshort vertical arm and the long inclined arm,the clutchlevers adjustablypivoted to the outer ends of said long arms and held in place by theshort vertical arms, the lugs secured to said clutch-levers and adaptedto engage with the ring-flanges when the levers are depressed, and theconnecting-rods and the foot-levers for operating said clutch-levers,substantially

